SHIPPING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2619, 29 September 1909, Page 4

SHIPPING.

arrived

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. (Flora, s.s. (4.30 p.m.), 1273 tons, Ross, from South. Passengers: Messrs Whitoford and Williams. SAILED. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. Kairaki, s.s. (4.45 a.ui.), 181 tons, Scott, for Wellington. Tomoana, s.s. (7.30 a.in.), 10,000 tons, Linklater, for Napier. .Flora, s.s. (11 a.m.), 1273 tons, Ross, for Auckland, via Coast ports. Passengers: For Tokomaru: Mr. Houghton; for Waipiro: Mr. J. Shaw; for Port Awanui: Mr. Smith. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Moura, Auckland, to-day. Monowai, South, to-day. Winimera, South, October 2. Monowai, Auckland. October 3. F’ROJECTED departures. Monowai, Auckland, to-day. Moura, South, to-day. Wimmera, Auckland, October 2. Monowai, South, October 3. VESSELS IN PORT. Prometheus, IT.M.S., in the bay.

The Kaiapoi Shipping Co.’s Kairaki left early yesterday morning for Wellington. The U.S.S. Co.’s Flora arrived from South yesterday morning, and left for Auckland, via Coast ports, later. The Tuatea had trouble m getting away from the wharf to tender the Flora at 6.45 a.m., and on returning she was unable to get alongside the town wharf, and had to berth on the Kaiti side. On ■going out the second time she stuck for a quarter of an hour at the entrance, and when returning «n 1£ hours’ flood tide again took the mud near the wharf.

The Tyser liner Tomoana got away lor Napier yesterday morning, and took the following shipments from this port: Siiipped b v the Gisborne Sheepfarmers’ Frozen Meat C 0.—206 cases preserved meats and 5 cases meat extracts; shipped by Williams and Kettle, Ltd.—62 hales wool, 14 bales skins, 10 dumps skins, 184 cask s tallow, 14,432 carcases mutton, 1150 quarters beef, and 656 carcases lamo. The s.s. Niwaru is expected to load at Gisborne about the end of next month for the January wool sales.

The U.S.S. Co.’s Monowai arrives, from South' this morning, and leaves later foi Auckland. The Tuatea leaves the town wharf at 6 a.m., and from the Kaiti side at 9.30 a.m. The following have booked 1 for Auckland by the Monowai :—Mr. and Mrs. Bell; Miss Ryan; Mesdames F. W. Wood, Nicholson, and Gather, Captains Camming and Fernandez, Messrs Pearson, D. Wilson, de Montalk, Coad and son, Nasmith, and Walker.

The U.S.S. Co.’s Moura arrive s Irorn Auckland this afternoon, ami proceeds South during the evening. The Tuatea leaves the wharf on arrival, and with outward passengers at 7 p.m. The U.S.S. Co. are advised that the s.s. Melbourne wil load at Newcastle about October 7, for Napier, Gisborne, and Auckland. She will bring 350 tens of coal to Gisborne.

The U.S.S. Co.’s Squall arrives from Auckland, via Tologa Bay, to-day. Captain Sowell leaves for Wanganui to-night to make arrangements for having the Gisborne Sheepfarmers’ Frozen Meat Co.’s new lighter Aromoho brought round to Gisborne. According to advices received at Sydney, the steamer Jura has sailed from japan with a cargo of about -5000 tons of superphosphates and sulphur. The vessel is under charter to Mr. Arthur H. Hasell, of Melbourne, and a representative of his firm (Mr. C. L. O’Sullivaji, of Sydney), is at present in New Zealand, making arrangements for quick despatch of the vessel at .various ports. The Jura is u steel screw steamer of 3492 tons gross, and 2398 tons net register, built in 1904 for Messrs Japp and Kerby (The Jura Steamship Company, Ltd.), of Liverpool. Given an average passage for a vessel of her class, the Jura may he exSected to reach New Zealand early in ictober.

The future of Auckland as a port was brought before the council of the Chamber of Commerce recently by a letter fiom Mr. S. Vaile, who said that Auckland, as a port, was not progressing, while Wellington was. Auckland would continue to go- back unless the Government granted the district a fair share of inland transit facilities, and opened up for settlement the Crown and Native lands. The oversea shipping was fast leaving Auckland ports, or at best, could be said to have been but stationary for the last four or five years. It should be noted that the ships visiting Auckland belonged to an inferior class to those visiting Wellington", averaging 1924 tons with 43 of a crew, as against an average of 2575 tons, and 63 of a crew, at Wellington. He suggested that all this might be altered if Auckland had it s jjroper transit facilities, and had the locked-np Crown and Native lands in the district opened up. The council referred the matter to the Railways and Shipping Committee.

Advice by the mail states tliat the New Zealand Shipping Company has placed an order for the construction of a passenger and pargo steamer of about *I.OOO tons register with. Messrs Denny Brothers, of Dumbarton. She is tp.be an improvement on the s.s. Ruahine (launched last month), and instead of having triple-expansion engines, as in the ease of the s.s. Otaki, will have a combiation of turbine and triple-expan-sion engines. No information as to when the new vessel will be delivered has been made known.

' «Y TELEGRAPHfBun Piikhh Association.l AUCKLAND, Sept. 28. Sailed— Moura (4.15 p.m.), for South Passengers for Gisborne: —Misses Roscoe. 0 Whitehead, Hansen, Cooper, Hickey, Mattocks, Williams; Mesdames R. Hepburn and child, Olsen, Garrett: Messrs Traill, Garrett, B. Muir, Chrisp (2), Longeland, Jetine, W. Woods, TArnold. Hugo, F. Kelman, Faluan. Sailed—Talune (6.30 p.m.) for Rarotonga. NAPIER, Sept. 28. Arrivet! —Tcmoana (4.20 p.m.), from Gisborne. ~ _ Sailed—Monowai. for North. Passengers for Gisborne: —MissesvMonckton Durnie, Stirling, Carmichael Burden Eta; Mrs Kerswell; Messrs Holden, Beats, Atkinson, Monckton, Pettigrew: Kaiti-City football team; and 1.0 steerage. WELLINGTON, Sept. 28 Sailed—lndralema (5.25 a.in.) for Brisbane. SUVA. Sept. 28. Arrived—Atua, from Auckland.